Butt Trumpet

Primitive Enema.

Chrysalis/EMI Records.

Concert at Avalon; Friday, May 5 at 6 p.m.

The band Butt Trumpet formed four years ago in Los Angeles. In the
punk-rock style of the Sex Pistols, Butt Trumpet is a hilarious anti-grunge
band. Their latest album, Primitive Enema, has one track entirely
devoted to killing hippies, and one devoted to the current "police
state."

Butt Trumpet consists of Bianca Butthole, lead singer and occasional
bassist, Blare N. Bitch, lead guitar and backing vocals, Sharon Needles,
bass, backing vocals, and occasional lead vocals, and Jerry Geronimo, who
plays the drums and cymbals. The lead singer on Primitive
Enema, Thom Bone, quit the band because, according to group members,
"he couldn't hang."

Butt Trumpet performed as the opening act for Sam Black Church at Avalon
on Friday. How they became associated with a horrible band like Sam Black
Church is beyond comprehension. That day also happened to be Bianca
Butthole's birthday. As part of the show, men in goofy masks and underwear
brought a cake on to the stage and sang to her.

Butt Trumpet played again on Saturday at Strawberries Records in Kenmore
Square. They played acoustic versions of songs from the previous night.
Band members jokingly dubbed the event "Butt Trumpet Unplugged."
This acoustic performance by far outshined their electric performance from
the previous night. It highlighted their musical talents and involved less
raw noise; also, the lyrics in most songs were actually discernible. In
both performances, Butt Trumpet played songs from Primitive Enema as
well as new ones, which they hope to release in a new album soon.

Songs from Primitive Enema included the popular "I'm Ugly and I
Don't Know Why," which gets radio airplay in Boston; "I've Been so Mad
Lately," by far their best song, in which Bianca vents her anger; and
"Funeral Crashing Tonite," a rather humorous song about rumbling with a
funeral party to steal the body. Other standout tracks include "Pink Gun,"
about a fifteen year old seeking revenge with a gun; "Dead Dogs," whose
subject matter is obvious; and "I Left My Flannel in Seattle," which
derides grunge. Showing their hate for grunge at Strawberries, they called
for anyone wearing flannel to come up and dance a silly dance for them. At
Avalon, Butt Trumpet closed their performance with an unimpressively noisy
version of "Dead Dogs," which is silly to begin with.

New songs included "Fish Taco," a song about a cross-dressing
prostitute; "Diarrhea," a version of the popular elementary school song; "I
Want to be on Epitaph," a song ridiculing the MTV musical program of
that name; and "I Hate You," a song about Bianca's ex-husband. Butt Trumpet
closed their performance at Strawberries with an impressive acoustic
version of "I Hate You," whose electric version was too raw and
indecipherable.

Butt Trumpet produced Primitive Enema, their first big release,
in two days. They have an album coming out in a few months - they plan to
take their time on it and produce it in a week.

As a guiding principle, lead singer Bianca Butthole says she wishes
people would "take the cork out and live a little." With a motto like that,
what can she do but succeed?

Butt Trumpet may be reached at btrumpet@ix.netcom.com via the
internet.

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